Category: injectable fillers | plastic surgery

The Use of Microcannulas for Injecting Local Anesthetics in Plastic Surgery

The use microcannulas has been a major advance in the delivery of injectable fillers. Besides a dramatic decrease in discomfort they result in no risk of bruising…two major improvements over that of traditional needlle delivery approaches. Despite these very obvious benefits, which are apparent in one’s very first use of them, I observe very Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Improvement in Self-Esteem After Surgery

While the media and the internet is filled with plastic surgery ‘problems’ and apparent unfulfilled expectations, what occurs in the typical plastic surgery patient? Like most stories that are newsworthy, a normal happy patient is not very interesting or of much interest. Thus the public’s perception of plastic surgery can become a little skewed. Read More…

Avoiding Unnatural Results in Plastic Surgery

One of the most common concerns from many before surgery patients is that they don’t want to look like they have had plastic surgery. In theory, what patient does? But yet many do and one only has to look to Hollywood to see many examples. Patients point them out all the time and often Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Cosmetic Procedures by Age Group

While over 14 million plastic surgery procedures were performed in 2012, the types of procedures differed considerably across the various age groups. The age group of 35 to 50 year-olds makes up the highest percentage (43%) with efforts being made to slow down the effects of aging which are now unavoidable to overlook. This is Read More…

2012 Plastic Surgery Procedural Statistics: Inside The Numbers

The 2012 annual statistics on the cosmetic procedures performed was recently published by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. These numbers come from members of the society who are board-certified plastic surgeons and who voluntarily submitted their annual procedural numbers. Over 14 million surgical and non-surgical procedures were performed which represents a small increase Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? U.S. World Leader in Plastic Surgery

The United States leads the world in many categories so it is no surprise that the greatest number of cosmetic plastic surgeries are performed here as well. (recent estimates have it as over 20% of the world’s total) With the number of board-certified plastic surgeons exceeding 6,000, the number of procedures performed by them follow Read More…

The Incidence of Smoking in Plastic Surgery Patients

The incidence of smoking in the general U.S. population over the age of 18 is estimated to be close to 20%. With one in five adults that smoke, it is inevitable that actively smoking patients will appear in any plastic surgery practice for elective surgery with great regularity. As smoking has a well chronicled negative Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Daddy Makeover

The plastic surgery concept of a Mommy Makeover is now well known and includes various combinations of breast and abdominal reshaping. It involves changing those areas of a woman that are most affected by pregnancy, the breasts and the stomach areas. While a Mommy Makeover sounds like a new operation or technique, it is merely Read More…

Interpreting Average Costs of Plastic Surgery

The cost of any plastic surgery procedure is of great interest to all prospective patients. As a result, costs are one of the most searched terms online in plastic surgery. Some plastic surgeons list costs of various procedures on their websites while others will only disclose cost after an actual consultation. Some procedures are Read More…